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12/13/2006 - Eiu Program Changes Name After Becoming Division Of Library Of Congress, University Marketing And Communications Dec 2006

12/13/2006 - Eiu Program Changes Name After Becoming Division Of Library Of Congress, University Marketing And Communications

2006

No abstract provided.


12/13/2006 Obituary Records, Hawaii Obituaries Dec 2006

12/13/2006 Obituary Records, Hawaii Obituaries

Obituaries

List of Obituaries for individuals who passed away on 12/13/2006. Scroll down to see the names and obituary description.


Williams V. Comm Social Security Dec 2006

Williams V. Comm Social Security

2006 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania


Usa V. Salerno Dec 2006

Usa V. Salerno

2006 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey


Usa V. George Dec 2006

Usa V. George

2006 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania


December 13, 2006, Staff Senate Dec 2006

December 13, 2006, Staff Senate

Minutes

No abstract provided.


December 13, 2006 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office Dec 2006

December 13, 2006 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.


Court Reinstates Genocide Chargest Against Ex-President Echeverria, Ladb Staff Dec 2006

Court Reinstates Genocide Chargest Against Ex-President Echeverria, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


President Felipe Calderon's 2007 Budget Proposal Comes Under Fire, Ladb Staff Dec 2006

President Felipe Calderon's 2007 Budget Proposal Comes Under Fire, Ladb Staff

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Influence Of Temperature And Polymer/ Mold Surface Interactions On Micro-Feature Replication At Ambient Pressure In Micro Injection Molding, Varun Thakur Dec 2006

Influence Of Temperature And Polymer/ Mold Surface Interactions On Micro-Feature Replication At Ambient Pressure In Micro Injection Molding, Varun Thakur

All Theses

This study assesses micro-feature replication at elevated mold temperature and ambient pressure using a variety of polymers. Moldings were made on the surface of stainless steel and silicon wafers containing features as small as 130 nm under isothermal conditions in a heated chamber by allowing polymer to spread over the features at ambient pressure. Feature replication was analyzed via AFM and SEM. Polymer behavior was characterized via melt contact angle and melt viscosity. While feature detail was well replicated, the moldings exhibited poor dimensional accuracy due to shrinkage. In general, polymers with low viscosity and surface tension comparable to the …


Discrete Asymptotic Abstractions Of Hybrid Systems, Chaouki T. Abdallah, Jorge L. Piovesan, Herbert G. Tanner Dec 2006

Discrete Asymptotic Abstractions Of Hybrid Systems, Chaouki T. Abdallah, Jorge L. Piovesan, Herbert G. Tanner

Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

In this paper we introduce the notion of finite time mode abstraction to relate a hybrid automaton to a timed automaton that preserves the stability and reachability properties of the former. The abstraction procedure discards the continuous dynamics of each mode in the hybrid automaton completely, keeping only the information about the maximum time in which the continuous state makes a discrete jump. This information is used to construct a timed automaton, based on the original hybrid automaton, and to prove that the stability and reachability properties of the original system are retained in the abstract timed automaton. In the …


Murray Ledger And Times, December 13, 2006, Murray Ledger And Times Dec 2006

Murray Ledger And Times, December 13, 2006, Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.


Usa V. Mcrae Dec 2006

Usa V. Mcrae

2006 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey


Shoshone-Paiute Tribes Decree For Water In Snake River Basin In Idaho, Fifth Judicial District Court, Twin Falls County, Idaho Dec 2006

Shoshone-Paiute Tribes Decree For Water In Snake River Basin In Idaho, Fifth Judicial District Court, Twin Falls County, Idaho

Native American Water Rights Settlement Project

Revised Consent Decree: Parties: Shoshone-Paiute Tribes, Idaho, United States, J.R. Simplot Company, Riddle Ranches. Duck Valley Reservation Contents: 1. Procedural History, Offer of Judgment. p.1; 2. Entry of Partial Final Decrees for Federal Reserved Water Rights. p.2; 3. Remaining Water Right Claims Disallowed, p.3; 4. Withdrawal of United States’ Objections to Riddle Ranch p.3; 5. Administration of Water Rights including tribal water code, p.3; 6. Waivers and Releases p.3; 7. No Establishment of Precedent, p.4; 8. Resolution and Finality, p.5; 9. Costs and Fees, p. 5; Attachment A, Consumptive Claim Numbers & Non-Consumptive, Instream Flow Claim Number p. …


Comparison Of Bioactivities And Composition Of Curcumin-Free Turmeric (Curcuma Longa L.) Oils From Different Sources, Yongxiang Yu Dec 2006

Comparison Of Bioactivities And Composition Of Curcumin-Free Turmeric (Curcuma Longa L.) Oils From Different Sources, Yongxiang Yu

All Theses

Composition, antioxidant capacities and cell inhibition properties of curcumin-free turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) oils from different sources were evaluated by chromatographic method, two different in vitro antioxidative activity assays (DPPH* free radical scavenging assay and reducing power assay) and two different cancer cell lines (Caco-2 and MCF-7). Turmeric oil A (TOA) contains zingiberene, turmerone, and ar-turmerone, while turmeric oil B (TOB) contains 1-phellandrene and α-terpinolene as the major compounds. The antioxidant tests showed that both turmeric oils possessed strong free radical scavenging activities and high reducing powers compared with standard antioxidants such as BHT and commercial rosemary oil (RO). …


Tannic Acid Crosslinked Collagens And Potential For Breast Tissue Engineering, Cheryl Parzel Dec 2006

Tannic Acid Crosslinked Collagens And Potential For Breast Tissue Engineering, Cheryl Parzel

All Theses

The purpose of this study was to develop and assess a potential key feature in a minimally-invasive breast reconstruction device and to collect information for an in vitro tissue test system. Tannic acid is a hydrolysable plant tannin, and it has been determined that tannic acid functions as a collagen crosslinking agent through both hydrogen bonding mechanisms and hydrophobic effects. Additionally, current research suggests that tannic acid may have anti-tumor properties. Therefore, it has been proposed that tannic acid can be used as an agent to induce apoptotic processes in any transplanted adult stem cells that are inclined to spontaneously …


Occurrence And Control Of Large Patch (Rhizoctonia Solani Ag 2`2 «Lp«On Seashore Paspalum (Paspalum Vaginatum O. Swartz) In South Carolina, Alejandro Canegallo Dec 2006

Occurrence And Control Of Large Patch (Rhizoctonia Solani Ag 2`2 «Lp«On Seashore Paspalum (Paspalum Vaginatum O. Swartz) In South Carolina, Alejandro Canegallo

All Theses

Seashore paspalum is a new turfgrass being evaluated in the southeastern United States due to its tolerance to salinity and sodicity. Rhizoctonia solani AG 2-2 `LP` was isolated from seashore paspalum exhibiting symptoms typical of Large Patch (LP). The disease was identified based on field symptoms, lesions on the plant, and the fungus identified based on cultural characteristics, multinucleate hyphal cells, and anastomosis with a known tester isolate of R. solani AG 2-2 `LP` from zoysia grass.
Two research putting greens were constructed in 2005 located in Florence, SC and near Bluffton, SC and planted to seashore paspalum cultivars SeaIsle …


Emission Reduction In Small Displacement Diesel Engines Using Cooled Exhaust Gas Recirculation, Chris Simoson Dec 2006

Emission Reduction In Small Displacement Diesel Engines Using Cooled Exhaust Gas Recirculation, Chris Simoson

All Theses

A reduced-order dynamic model is presented and experimentally validated to demonstrate the use of cooled exhaust gas recirculation to alleviate the tradeoff between nitric oxide reduction and performance preservation in a small displacement diesel engine. Exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) is an effective method for internal combustion engine oxides of nitrogen (NOx) reduction, but its thermal throttling diminishes power efficiency. The capacity to cool exhaust gases prior to merging with intake air may achieve the desired pollutant effect while minimizing engine performance losses.
Simulation and experimental results revealed significant NOx reductions throughout all testing scenarios using EGR, but also experienced a …


Following In Their Footsteps: The Risks Of The Intergenerational Cycle Of Incarceration Among Inmates And Their Children, Megan Harris Dec 2006

Following In Their Footsteps: The Risks Of The Intergenerational Cycle Of Incarceration Among Inmates And Their Children, Megan Harris

All Theses

The purpose of this thesis was to test the proposition that parents who are currently incarcerated are at high risk for having children who are also incarcerated. Furthermore, several risk factors, commonly found in homes with previously or currently incarcerated members, were identified and analyzed to predict the odds of an incarcerated parent also having an incarcerated child.
The current study found that the majority of the demographic variables were significant predictors of child incarceration. Furthermore, only a few risk factors were found to be significant predictors of an inmate's child being incarcerated: an inmate having two or more prior …


Landscape And Slowing, Adrienne Raxter Dec 2006

Landscape And Slowing, Adrienne Raxter

All Theses

ABSTRACT
The landscape becomes an avenue to explore and express the process of looking, observing,finding, and gathering. I turn to the landscape to find inspiration and motivation that provokes contemplation and questions of the world around us. My work functions as an extension of my experiences, observations, and as a record of thoughts gathered from fleeting elements. The significance of the images I draw is directly tied to my quest of contemplating, understanding and questioning processes in life and how time and change leaves its mark on objects. I focus on my everyday familiar surroundings, because our daily encounters and …


Conexão Subterrânea, No. 43, December 13, 2006, Augusto Auler, Ericson C. Igual, Leda Zogbi Dec 2006

Conexão Subterrânea, No. 43, December 13, 2006, Augusto Auler, Ericson C. Igual, Leda Zogbi

KIP Articles

Nesta edição você saberá mais sobre os seguintes assuntos: - GPME retoma trabalhos no Sistema Onça Parda - Morro Preto - Couto - Espeleo 2007 - 20 anos da Toca da Boa Vista - CECAV realiza 9° encontro técnico - GPME organiza curso básico sobre GPS - Ruptura de barragem em área cárstica pode provocar catástrofe - Nascente na Flórida seca misteriosamente - Explorada a quarta mais longa caverna subaquática da Austrália - Cientistas decifram genes do homem de Neandertal - Espeleomergulhador italiano falece na Suiça - Revista O Carste lança novo número - Novo número do Desnível Eletrônico é …


Haptics In Robotics And Automotive Systems, Erhun Iyasere Dec 2006

Haptics In Robotics And Automotive Systems, Erhun Iyasere

All Theses

Haptics is the science of applying touch (tactile) sensation and control to interaction with computer applications. The devices used to interact with computer applications are known as haptic interfaces. These devices sense some form of human movement, be it finger, head, hand or body movement and receive feedback from computer applications in form of felt sensations to the limbs or other parts of the human body. Examples of haptic interfaces range from force feedback joysticks/controllers in video game consoles to tele-operative surgery. This thesis deals with haptic interfaces involving hand movements. The first experiment involves using the end effector of …


Multicultural Student Leadership Retreat Will Focus On Issues Of White Privilege, University Relations Dec 2006

Multicultural Student Leadership Retreat Will Focus On Issues Of White Privilege, University Relations

Campus News Archive

About 50 students from the University of Minnesota, Morris will participate in the ninth annual Multicultural Student Leadership Retreat (MSLR) in late January. The retreat, which is coordinated through the Office of Student Activities at UMM, will be held January 26-28, 2007, at the Prairie Wetlands Learning Center in Fergus Falls.


December 13th 2006, Hispanic News Dec 2006

December 13th 2006, Hispanic News

Inland Empire Hispanic News

No abstract provided.


Performance Of The Nzi And Other Traps For Biting Flies In North America, S. Mihok, D. A. Carlson, E. S. Krafsur, L. D. Foil Dec 2006

Performance Of The Nzi And Other Traps For Biting Flies In North America, S. Mihok, D. A. Carlson, E. S. Krafsur, L. D. Foil

Faculty Publications

The performance of Nzi traps for tabanids (Tabanus similis Macquart, T. quinquevittatus Wiedemann, Chrysops aberrans Philip, C. univittatus Macquart, C. cincticornis Walker, Hybomitra lasiophthalma (Macquart)), stable flies (Stomoxys calcitrans Linnaeus) (Diptera: Muscidae) and mosquitoes (Aedes) (Diptera: Culicidae) was investigated at various sites in Canada (Ontario, Alberta) and USA (Iowa, Florida, Louisiana). Traps made from selected fabrics, insect nettings and hand-dyed blue cotton were compared to the African design to provide practical recommendations for temperate environments. Comparisons of substituted materials showed that trap performance was optimal only when traps were made from appropriate fabrics in the colours produced by either copper …


Horospherical Model For Holomorphic Discrete Series And Horospherical Cauchy Transform, Simon Gindikin, Bernhard Krötz, Gestur Ólafsson Dec 2006

Horospherical Model For Holomorphic Discrete Series And Horospherical Cauchy Transform, Simon Gindikin, Bernhard Krötz, Gestur Ólafsson

Faculty Publications

We define a complex horospherical transform on an affine symmetric space X = G/H of Hermitian type and show that it has no kernel on the representations of the H-spherical holomorphic discrete series. © Foundation Compositio Mathematica 2006.


On The Head And The Tail Of The Colored Jones Polynomial, Oliver T. Dasbach, Xiao Song Lin Dec 2006

On The Head And The Tail Of The Colored Jones Polynomial, Oliver T. Dasbach, Xiao Song Lin

Faculty Publications

The colored Jones polynomial is a function JK: ℕ → ℤ[t,t-1] associated with a knot K in 3-space. We will show that for an alternating knot K the absolute values of the first and the last three leading coefficients of JK(n) are independent of n when n is sufficiently large. Computation of sample knots indicates that this should be true for any fixed leading coefficient of the colored Jones polynomial for alternating knots. As a corollary we get a volume-ish theorem for the colored Jones polynomial. © Foundation Compositio Mathematica 2006.


A Comparison Of Optimized Link State Routing With Traditional Ad-Hoc Routing Protocols, Pore Ghee Lye, John C. Mceachen Dec 2006

A Comparison Of Optimized Link State Routing With Traditional Ad-Hoc Routing Protocols, Pore Ghee Lye, John C. Mceachen

United States Navy: Publications

The performance of mobile ad-hoc networks (MANET) is related to the efficiency of the routing protocols in adapting to frequently changing network topology and link status. This paper addresses the issue by comparing the relative performance of three key ad-hoc routing protocols: Destination-sequenced Distance Vector (DSDV), Ad-hoc Ondemand Distance Vector (AODV) and Optimized Link State Routing (OLSR). The protocols are tested based on two scenarios, namely, tactical networks for ships and sensor-based network nodes. Four performance metrics were measured by varying the maximum speed of mobile hosts, network size and traffic load, to assess the routing capability and protocol efficiency. …


Service And Learning Are Ageless, University Relations Dec 2006

Service And Learning Are Ageless, University Relations

Campus News Archive

A group of students at the University of Minnesota, Morris learned a lot about themselves while creating a memorable experience by working with older adults. Students studied adulthood and aging Fall Semester in a course that combines learning with service.


Anchorage Community Survey 2007 Survey Sampling Design: Power And Sample Size, Shel Llee Evans Dec 2006

Anchorage Community Survey 2007 Survey Sampling Design: Power And Sample Size, Shel Llee Evans

UAAJC Working Papers

This working paper documents the power analysis, literature review, and precision considerations contemplated in designing the Anchorage Community Survey’s (ACS) 2007 sampling design. The ACS will obtain at least 30 completed surveys from individuals in each of the 55 census tracts that make up the Anchorage Municipality, allowing us to discern a fairly small effect size of 0.30 with our smallest anticipated intraclass correlation and a moderate effect size of 0.40 with our largest anticipated intraclass correlation, both at 0.80 power level. This cluster sample size and number of clusters should yield sufficient precision to allow good estimation of variance …